A Louisville man serving probation for a beating death will be heading to jail.

A Louisville man serving probation for a beating death will be heading to jail.

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Updated: 6:38 PM EST Dec 2, 2013

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WEBVTT AND I'M RICK VAN HOOSE. A LOUISVILLE MAN SERVING PROBATION FOR A BEATING DEATH WILL BE HEADING TO JAIL. JUSTIN WERNER WAS ONE OF FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF KILLING BRYAN STEVENSON OUTSIDE BARBARA LEE'S KITCHEN. HE WAS BACK IN COURT TODAY ON NEW CHARGES. W-L-K-Y'S ERIN HAYNES WAS THE ONLY REPORTER IN THE COURTROOM. SHE IS LIVE DOWNTOWN - OUTSIDE THE JUDICIAL CENTER - WITH DETAILS... ERIN? INITIALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER... LAST YEAR, PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT UNDER EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE IN BRYAN STEVENSON'S DEATH... AND HAS BEEN SERVING THREE YEARS PROBATION... BUT HE'LL SPEND THE REMAINDER BOB STEVENSON'S 26- YEAR-OLD SON, BRYAN WAS KILLED WHILE VISITING LOUISVILLE FOR A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN MAY 2010. THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER... THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT BACK IN COURT... AS ONE OF THE FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF BEATING BRYAN STEVENSON TO DEATH OUTSIDE BARBARA LEE'S KITCHEN ON BROWNSBORO ROAD... FACES NEW CHARGES. IN JUNE, JUSTIN WERNER WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND DRUGS IN HIS CAR... CHARGING HIM WITH TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA. IN ANOTHER PLEA DEAL REACHED MONDAY... WERNER WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO A MISDEMEANOR FOR THE DRUG CHARGES... BUT WILL ALSO HAVE HIS PROBATION REVOKED IN STEVENSON'S DEATH... SENDING HIM TO JAIL. ALTHOUGH BOB STEVENSON SAYS IT DOES BRING THEM SOME CLOSURE... IT'S A SIGN OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Probation revoked for man accused in beating death

A Louisville man serving probation for a beating death will be heading to jail.